Two Inactivated Polio Vaccines Approved By Ministry
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Executive Summary
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare approved a quadruple inactivated polio vaccine July 27.
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare approved a quadruple inactivated polio vaccine July 27. The vaccination is for the prevention of polio, pertussis, diphtheria, tetanus and is administered using the Tetrabik subcutaneous injection syringe made by the Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University and the Quattrovac subcutaneous injection syringe made by Kaketsuken. The single inactivated polio vaccine Imovax from Sanofi Pasteur was approved in April, but this is the first approval for a quadruple vaccine. Release dates are still unknown, but Tetrabik will be sold by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharmaceuticals while Quattrovac will be sold by Astellas Pharmaceuticals. (Click Here For More – Japanese Language)
“Ministry: 2 Inactivated Polio Vaccines Approved” -mixonline.jp (7/31/2012)